Man Charged In Montville Camera Theft

WETHERSFIELD — A Stamford man is accused of selling a pawn shop nearly $7,000 worth of camera equipment stolen from a home in Montville.

William Robert Ernst, 24, was arrested earlier this month on a warrant and charged with third-degree larceny by possession, police said

A Montville home was burglarized April 24 and a Nikon camera body and lens worth an estimated $6,900 was taken, according to an arrest affidavit.

About two weeks later, a Montville detective informed local police that equipment matching the stolen body and lens had appeared on a pawn shop database, the affidavit said. The items had been sold the day after the burglary to the Silas Deane Pawn Shop, court papers say.

The pawn shop bought the items, which police recovered, from Ernst for $1,500, the affidavit says.